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Image credit: Olga Yastremska © 123RF.com Blockchain is on our ‘most-read list’ this week, with news that Steve Wozniak has launched Efforce, a blockchain-based crowdfunding platform. Efforce aims to enable contributors to support energy efficiency projects by investing in tokenised future savings. This comes after news that the North American Energy Standards Boards (NAESB) will […]

Universities from the UK and the US have partnered to understand and minimise the impact of clean energy technology and electric vehicles on the environment. Top experts from UK National Oceanography Centre, Natural History Museum (London), University of Gothenburg, University of Leeds, Heriot-Watt University — the Lyell Centre, Florida State University, University of Hawaii, Japan Agency for

ROBINHOOD is a financial services company based in California that features a popular stock-trading app. CEO Vlad Tenev has insisted there was nothing “shady” about the firm’s decision in January to halt trading in Gamestop shares. 2 The financial services app RobinhoodCredit: AFP or licensors What time can I trade on Robinhood? Please note: investing

Image: Courtesy IEA This morning, the International Energy Agency launched its World Energy Outlook 2020 report and it seemed like a good opportunity to share some thoughts on the report. The basic premise is to provide possible energy scenarios for the next decade, particularly as it relates to our recovery from the COVID pandemic and

Image credit: Stock Corporate procurement will account for about 20% of utility-scale renewable power additions in the US in the next decade—far ahead of the rest of the world, according to a new study released by IHS Markit. The US has a growing portion of new renewable energy projects being built to meet demand coming

Image: National Grid ESO UK green energy supplier Social Energy will use domestic solar panels and batteries to supply flexibility to National Grid ESO, the system operator. The contract, a first in Great Britain, is for week-ahead firm frequency response (FFR) to support the balancing of the national grid. It follows the results of a

Picture credit: SECC The Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative (SECC) today released a new report that sheds light on lower-income consumers’ behaviours, attitudes and values as they relate to energy efficiency, smart home technology, renewable energy, their electricity providers and climate change. The Understanding Lower-Income Consumers and the Smart Energy Future report was developed from an online national

Image credit: Stock The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) have partnered to accelerate the energy transition in the Caribbean. IRENA and CDF have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support a transition from fossil-fuel dependency to a more resilient and sustainable low carbon economic development model in the Caribbean

Trilliant, an international leading provider of communications platforms and software used for advanced metering and smart grid systems, announced the expansion of a partnership with Nolin Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation (Nolin), for their Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) network. Being one of Kentucky’s first cooperatives, Nolin has delivered exceptional service to their membership across central Kentucky

Irish utility ESB Networks has secured a €150 million ($179.5 million) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to fund its smart meters project. The smart meters will be deployed in phases with up to 2.4 million units set to be installed by 2024. The smart meters will be deployed as part of the National